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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMMUNICATION
December 2, 2003 AGENDA
Subject
Action Required
Submitted By
Land Use Plan Amendment —
gOrdinance
Buzzard Mountain Planning
Resolution
District — LU03-30-01 on
Approval
highway 10 at Ferndale
Information Report
Cutoff
Bruce Moore
City Manager
SYNOPSIS
Land Use Plan amendments in the Buzzard Mountain Planning
District from Low Density Residential to Commercial for future
development.
FISCAL IMPACT
N/A
RECOMMENDATION
Planning Staff recommends approval. Planning Commission
recommended approval on October 30, 2003 (9-0-2 in favor).
CITIZEN
Notices were sent to the following neighborhood association:
PARTICIPATION
Greystone Manor Neighborhood Association
BACKGROUND
The property is a house built on a large lot zoned R-2 Single
Family and is 7.25 ± acres in size. Most of the land to the north
is vacant with the exception of the fire station on the north side
of the Highway 10 / Ferndale Cutoff intersection. The
neighboring land across Ferndale Cutoff to the east is a small
plant nursery zoned R-2. The rest of the surrounding land to
the south and west consists of large lot single family houses
built on land zoned R-2. A few small businesses are located at
the Highway 10 / Barrett Road intersection with a church and
convenience store located at the northeast corner zoned C-3. A
church, fraternity lodge, and siding business are located east of
Barrett Road and are zoned R-2.
The applicant's property is shown on the Future Land Use Plan
as Low Density Residential. The existing commercial node
was recognized as Commercial and extends on both sides of
BACKGROUND
CONTINUED
Cantrell from Barrett Road on the west towards the east. From
that node to the intersection of Cantrell and Ferndale Cutoff,
both sides of the road are shown as Low Density Residential.
The property to the east is shown as Park / Open Space along
the floodplain of the Little Maumelle River. A small strip of
Single Family is shown between Ferndale Cutoff Road and the
PK/OS shown. The land surrounding the above mentioned areas
are shown as Single Family.
The applicant's properties are located about 1 %z miles west of
Highway 300, the western boundary of the Highway 10 Design
Overlay District. Although the applicant's property is located
outside the Highway 10 Design Overlay District, the
application of similar design standards would address some key
issues to minimize the impact of a change to Commercial with
imposing increased setbacks, landscaping, buffering and
monument signage.
A change to Commercial at this site would necessitate that
future development does not have a negative impact on the
neighboring residential areas on Cameronwood Lane to the
south. Development on this property would need a sufficient
buffer between any buildings and parking lots and the
neighboring single-family residences to compensate for the
scale and massing of future buildings built on the property.
Without sufficient buffers, the neighboring properties would be
impacted by Commercial uses on the applicant's property. The
massing, scale, visual impacts, and noise generation of any
future development on this site should be minimized to isolate
the potential affects of any non-residential development on the
neighboring single-family development. Adherence to the
Highway 10 Overlay District would address these issues.
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